Garment displaying device



Dec. 5, 1933. C GREENE 1,937,954

GARMENT DISPLAYING DEVICE Filed May 3, 1933 T I I MMINVENTOR Patented Dec. 5, 1933 UNITED STATES,

,JPATEN'I? OFFICE 1,937,954 GARMENT. nrsrrmznvc. DEVICE, Hal Charles Greene, Louisville, Application May s, 1933. Serial No. 669,122 r 1 Claim. (01. 223-481) My invention relates to fashion forms and plaques designed to display such wearing apparel as womens dresses and cloaks; and the objects of my present invention are: First, .to provide an 5 oblong plaque adapted to be adjustably'mounted on a garment-displayingstandard'having shoulder drapery barsacross its upper end; second, to design this fashion plaque with outlines, longitudinalfurrows and curves so that, a perfect l0 feminine contour is imparted to the garment properly draped thereon; third, to devise, in combination with said draping. plaque, a system of unique garment clamps spring-pressed and provided with long shanks bowing outwardly and adapted to be operated with the fingers while the clamps are under the garment draped over the plaque. Another object of my invention is to design a garment-displaying device that will be low-priced in production as well as efficient in service, and so thin from-front'to back that it requires much less space than ordinarydisplay forms in show windows where space is an important consideration. Another object is to produce a garment-displaying device that can be artistically draped with anyone of various sizes of garments without the use of pins by a draper not wholly proficient in the art.

All of these objects and others to which I;shal1 Y hereinafter refer, are attained in my present. invention; and'my new and useful garment-displaying device illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, is a practical apparatus embodying the aforesaid novel means and other new and usefuldetails of construction, arrangement and combination of parts; all of which, together with their'functions, will be described indetail with reference to said drawing and will be definitely pointed out in the claim that follows the description-that anyone 40 skilled in the artito which'my invention appertains, may be enabled to make and use the device.

.In said drawing:

Figure I is a front elevation of my garmentdisplaying device as it would appear normally mounted. on a display standard provided with usual shoulder-bars at the upper end and properly draped with -a.f.eminine dress.

Fig. II is a front elevation of my garment-displaying device normally mounted on an ordinary v garment-displaying standard provided with the usual shoulder-bars at the upper end, showing my garment-displaying plaque clamped on the standard in its normal functional position, with the garment removed.

155 Fig. III is a back elevation of my garment-dis playing device and a fragment of the rod of the standard, showing the thum-screw clamp that fastens the device at a predetermined height on the standard and the spring-pressed garmentclamps designed to hold the parts of the garment part of said plaque.

Fig. V1 is a side elevation in detail of a fragment of the spring-pressed garment clamp and the housing of its actuating spring; and Fig. VII is a detail view of the torsion spring which is 7 adapted to exert a continuous pressure upon the garment clamp to hold the folds of the displayed garment in their normal positions.

Fig. VIII is a cross section of the garmentdisplaying device disclosing the longitudinal furrows and curves, out along the line CD of Fig. III and showing an edge view in elevation of the clamp attached to the back of the plaque and holding it to the rod of the display standard.

Fig. IX is a cross section, on the line A B of Fig. III, showing a sectional view, through the waist clamps, ofthe garment-displaying device and the cross lines of the garment. properly draped thereon, with its draping folds showing under the garment clamps.

Figs. Xand XI 'aredetail views respectively of a side elevation and aiplan view of the springpressed garment clamp, showing. the outward bend of'the shank andthe felt lining on the bottom of the clamp. 1

The drawing herein shown, clearly illustrates the elements of this invention of mine; but it should be understood,j of course, .that various modifications to facilitate economical fabrication or otherwise, may be made in the dimensionsand particular details of the construction herein i1:- lustrated, without departing: from the spirit and scope of my invention as set out in the specification and the appended claim. With the aforem5 said objects in view, therefore, I will now describe my invention in detail, pointing out the new and useful features and explaining the uses and operations of the individual parts and combinations. thereof as illustrated in the above drawing in 1110 by means of clamp 6, 6 on the rod 2 of the display.

standard whose pedestal 4 is broad and heavy enough to hold the draped garment-displaying.

device in equilibrium for its predetermined purpose of display.

In draping a garment over my display plaque, the usual shoulder-bars 3, 3, are-essential for the purpose of supporting the weightof the gar ment and of giving natural form to the outline of the shoulders of the garment, as disclosed in Fig. I.

In the upper end of the plaque 1, I have designed a broad recess or, bay, extending nearly across the upper end of the plaque and low enough to be invisible when normally draped with a Womans dress of average low-neck design.

The rounded upper ends 1d, 1d, ofthe extensionsuof the curved sides 1b, 12), towards the shoulder-bars, are adapted to fill out and give natural outlines to this'part of the garment displayed-- on :my drapery plaque.

To mount rny display plaque on the ordinary garment displaying standard, we first unscrew the thumb-screws 6a, 6a far enough to release, at least, one end of the outsidepart 6' of clamp 6, 6., so that it'can be fittedover the rod 2 of the display standard and then screwed back again into its functional position against the enclosed rod tightly enough to anchor the displayplaque on the rod at a desirable height, according to thelength of the garment-to be displayed, as shown in Fig. II, the display plaque 1 and the shoulder bars 3, 3, being adjusted in the same plane. I have designed the clamp, 6, 6,,so that it canbethus securely anchored in its vfunctional place on a square or a flat rod, as ,well as on a round rod, of a display standard.

The garment to be displayed, we next place on over the standard upon which are mounted the shoulder-bars, 3, 3, andthe display plaque 1, first fitting the shoulder-bars, 3, 3, artistically into the shoulders of the garment and allowing the garment to hang loosely thereon down to its full length. And we then proceed to fit the front, of the garment smoothly-and evenly over the convex front of the display plaque, as shown in Figs. I and IX, carrying the slack part of the garment 5 back into the'long concayities of the back of the plaque in smooth and even folds, 5a, 5a, dexterously folded under the garment. clamp-plates, 7b, 7b, as shown in Figs. III and IX.' This operation is performed by holding the garment fold 5a in one hand and pushing it under the garment clamp-plate '71) while grasping thelong, bowed clamp-shank '7 with the other hand in lifting the clamp-plate. This operation can be easily perdrapery are needed; Andno matter howdelicate formed, even though the garment clamps mounted on the back of the display plaque, are always inside of the garment to be draped over the plaque; for the clamp-shank has been adapted for this kind of service; being long and adequately bowed out so that it can readily be grasped under the material of the garment. It is now clearly seen that in this drapery process with my display-plaque no pins or other accessories of or sheer the material of the garment may be, there is no danger of its being cut or chafed by these garment clamps, since the clamp-plates, 7b, 7b, are provided with soft felt linings, 70, 7c, and broad spaces under the clamp are securely covered with soft felt pads 8, 8, securely fastened to the plaque. And when my garment-displaying device has been properly arranged and artistically draped with a womans dress, it will present the appearance as illustrated in Figure I of the drawing and be ready forxdisplay. This result should. be ordinarily accomplished by the average window-dresser in less than twominutes, thus saying .much valuable time necessarily involved in. such work heretofore.

And, now, having described the. various features of my-invention, the detailconstruction, arrangement, purposes and'methods of operation,- .I wish to explain that those features and combinations of my invention thatIeonsider new. and 105 useful and representative. of. utility andefficiency,

.on which I desire Letters:Patent granted tome, I have hereinbelow set forth and specifically. de scribed in thefollowing appended claim:.- 1

I am. aware that prior. to my invention various 110 kinds of garment-displaying devices, such as full human forms and flatboard figures, have been made and extensively used, with and without standards, therefore, I do not claim broadly any featuresof. suchdevices; but I I A garment-displaying device of the character of the one described, comprising'an-oblong' display. plaque having longitudinal furrows and convex, curved sides extending the-entire length 320 thereofadapted to be readily mounted at any desirable height on the rod of anordinary display standard having thereon the usual shoulder-bars adapted for the display of garments; spring,- pressed i garment-clamps fastened on: the back 152.5 sides of said display plaque provided with long, outwardly bowed shanks and felt-lined clampplates, adapted to clamp and hold the slack folds of any garment draped on said garmentdisplaying device; a broad recess in the upper end of said plaque adapted to render the plaque invisible when draped with a cloak or dress of the low-neck design; side edges on said display plaque rolled backward and adapted to prevent the sharp-edge appearance on the sides of the garment draped i thereon; the garment-displaying device when properly draped being adapted to take very little floor space in a show window, and further adapted to consume very little timein artistically draping the various garments thereon, substantially as described. a

' HAL CHA LES G EENE. 

